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2016 World Junior Championships US Team Announced

2016 World Junior Championships US Team Announced

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2016 World Junior Championships US Team Announced

2016 World Junior Championships US Team Announced
Courtesy of USATT

Colorado Springs, CO — (November 7, 2016) USA Table Tennis’ High Performance Director Cory Eider has selected with consultation of the High Performance Committee Chair, Athlete Advisory Committee, and National Team Coaches members of Team USA for the Sun International 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Cape Town, RSA on November 30 – December, 2016.

For full selection procedures visit: http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2016/May/03/USATT-National-Team-System-Selection-Funding-Methodology

Boys’ Team
Adar Alguetti  (Tenafly, NJ) – 2016 US Pan Am Junior Team Gold Medalist
Kanak Jha (Milpitas, CA) – 2016 US Pan Am Junior Singles & Team Gold Medalist
Victor Liu (San Jose, CA) – 2016 World Cadet Challenge Bronze Medalist
Jack Wang (Livingston, NJ) – 2016 US Pan Am Junior Singles Silver Medalist

Coach: Qi Wei (Rochester, MN )

Girls’ Team
Angela Guan (San Jose, CA) – 2016 Pan Am Junior Team Gold Medalist
Amy Wang (Sewell, NJ) – 2016 World Cadet Challenge Gold Medalist
Crystal Wang (Seattle, WA) – 2016 Pan Am Junior Team Gold Medalist
Grace Yang (Covina, CA ) – 2016 Pan Am Junior Team Gold Medalist

Coach: Jun Gao (Covina, CA)

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